[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Channel4factor_7106.jpg]][[caption-width-right:300:Clare Kitson's 200 book about Channel 4 animation. Illustration by Joanna Quinn.]]When Britain's {{Channel 4}} began to form, complete with a remit emphasising offbeat and experimental work, a band of animation enthusiasts jumped on board to ensure that their beloved medium was given recognition. Amongst the first of these was Derek Hill, who declared that "Animation has been abominably abused by television. Let's do it right."

Channel 4 began broadcasting in 1982, and throughout the eighties and nineties it proceeded to dismantle the AnimationAgeGhetto — along with the animation genre ghetto, and probably several other animation ghettos — by showing a tremendous variety of animated short films. A lot of these were existing works from around the world which the channel had bought the rights to, but many more were commissioned by Channel 4 itself. During the nineties these were screened as part of an AnimatedAnthology called ''Fourmations''.

The single person most closely associated with Channel 4's animation is Clare Kitson, who became the channel's commissioning editor for animation in 1989 and eventually left in 1999. Channel 4's commitment to animation waned throughout the early twenty-first century, but the era left a mark on British animation which remains today.

Note: because of the sheer amount of animation commissioned by Channel 4, the list blow is restricted to works with their own pages.

* AlienAbduction: Paul Vester's ''Abductees'' is a short documentary about alien abductions, using animation to portray the alleged experiences of the interviewees.* AllJustADream: ''The Black Dog'' by Alison de Vere follows its protagonist on a symbolic dream journey.* CreepyDoll: The Brothers Quay achieve unsettling effects in their films by converting rather dilapidated dolls into stop-motion puppets.* MaleGaze: Inverted in Joanna Quinn's ''Girls Night Out'', in which a group of women go to see a male stripper.* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Deadsy'' and ''Door'', directed by David Anderson and written by Russell Hoban, use a similar AfterTheEnd setting and approach to language as Hoban's novel ''Literature/RiddleyWalker''. ----